Rid of A Cold Sore 

How to Get Rid of A Cold Sore -
Cold Sores Vanish Quickly
by Denny Bodoh

Have you tried all the over-the-counter treatments and been disappointed too?

Experts agree that most of the drug store treatments are comfort treatments. They do work well to ease the discomfort, but do not expect them to shorten the duration of any cold sore.

The herpes virus that causes cold sores is a tough and aggressive virus.

Most of your life the herpes virus lives in hibernation - which is a good thing.  It won't hurt you when it is latent. When the virus senses the opportunity is right, though, it moves very quickly to the surface of your skin.  It usually ends up on your lip or nose. This parasite virus will replicate there, destroying millions of your nerve cells in the process.

Take a look at these natural ways of getting rid of cold sores.  You will find, unlike man-made chemicals, the virus does not seem to become immune to natural remedies.

Building your immune system against cold sores-

A good multi-vitamin should be the base of any cold sore treatment program.  It will supercharge any other treatment you use.  But you must use high quality supplements or you are just wasting your money. 

Discouraging the virus helps get rid of a cold sore before it starts-

Making the cold sore target area unfriendly to the herpes virus is your first step. The herpes virus cannot go through the duplication process when the area is cold. Herpes virus hates cold. Put ice on the target spot. This can prevent or greatly reduce the outbreak event.

Also, avoid acid foods such as citrus, tomatoes and vinegar (salad dressings). The virus loves acid and will be much more active if the area is acid.  Do not get any acid foods or juices on the area of the sore.

Cleaning the cold sore wound -

Alcohol works as good today as it did 3000 years ago. Great invention - alcohol. Using a cotton ball or swab, keep cleaning the sore often with rubbing alcohol. Even vodka works great. Each time you do, you will be wiping out millions of virus. The less virus, the quicker the healing.

Heal the cold sore wound fast-

Once the herpes virus has done the damage, the speed of healing depends on a couple things. Your healing speed will depend, first and foremost, on the level of your health.

Also, your body will heal faster if it has the proper healing factors for repairing the damage - vitamins and minerals. Taking a high quality multi-vitamin, along with extra lysine, will greatly speed healing. You will be quite amazed actually. 

Preventing cold sores-

Getting rid of a cold sore can be very easy.  Preventing them is even easier.  It really is effortless with the method I use. 

I used to get about 4-6 cold sores per year before I stumbled on this quick and easy cold sore remedy.  I haven't had a herpes outbreak in over five years.